Door-hanger.



No. 818,603. PATENTED APR. 24,1906. W. P. BENSON. DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1902.

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Patented April 242, 1966.

Application filed June 16, 1902. Serial No. 111.944.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. BENsoN, residing at Sterling, Whitesidecounty, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoor-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to door-hangers such as commonly usedfor'barn'doors; and, the object thereof is to provide a novel andefficient device of this character whose features of advantage will beapparent from the description hereinafter given.

In the drawings, Figiu'es 1 and 2 are elevations of opposite sides of.the hanger, and Fig. 3 a sectional elevation thereof on line 3 3 of Fig.l.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the difierentfigures of the drawings.

My improved hanger, which is preferably, butnot necessaril made fromsheet metal, comprises a lower l r to be secured to the door as usual,an an upper wheel-supporting frame or hood havjournaled in it the usualg ooved trackwheel 3. The bracket 1 ant frame 2 are hinged together by apin or intle 8 which passes through eyes 5, formed upon the upperinwardly-bent ends of the side arms of the bracket 1, and through anintermediate bearing 7, formed upon the lower ed e of the inner s de ofthe hood or frame 2. T 's bearng -7 is formed in the present instance byroiling up the lower edge of said side of the frame into tubular formand is located at the inner side of the track-wheel 3 between the axisand periphery of the latter, the inward bend or ext nsion of the upperends of the side arms or the bracket 1 permitting the body of the letterto normally hang in the vertical plane of the op osite or outer side ofthe frame or hood 2. his outer side of the frame or hood 2 extendsdownwardl below the wheel and has )rojecting inwart ly from iguard 9,which travels oenea th the track-rail upon which the wheel 3 rests andprevents displacement of the wheel fron'i Ll rail.

The oppl l arms or the bracket 1 are connected, near their upper ends,by a crossbar 6, which normally rests against the outer taco of theouter side or" the frame-or hood 2, as shown in Fig. 3. The contact ofthis crosswith the lower end'o'f the frame 2, as in li of the l nuts theinward movement t ,but the'orackct 13 free to be swung acket portion 1,adapted;

' fore, my hanger embodies t outward and upward, as indicated in thdotted lines in Fig. 3, inde endently of the ame 2 and the wheel carriethereby. Inasmuch as the door is secured to the inner side of thebracket 1 and is usually of such thickness as to pro ect inward beyondthe vertical plane of the wheel 3, the hinging of the bracket to theframe 2 at a point at the inner side of the plane of said wheel and thecontact between the depending extension of the frame and the cross-barof the bracket will cause the bracket and frame 2 to hang in asubstantially vertical plane and in line with each other, as in Fig. 3,and prevent any tilting or binding of the grooved wheel 3 upon thetrack-rail. The provision of the cross-bar 6 and the depending extensionof the frame 2 cooperating with it and limiting inward movement of thebracket 1 independently oi the frame makes my hanger, in effect, a solidhanger except when it is desired to swing the door outwardly and uwardly. F or the purposes of hanging the clbor upon the track-rail andsliding it longitudinally thereof, tl1eree advantages of a solid orone-piece hanger, while by the hinged connection of the lower part ofthe hanger with the upper it is, in effect, a hinged hanger for all 01"the purposes of a hinged hanger.

Inasmuch as both the upper'and lower portions of the hanger may be andin practice are stamped out of sheet-steel and their bearin s for thehingeintlo formed by sink ply rolling up their 8!1(l;,llll hanger niavbe cheaply made and is at the same time of simple construction and greatstrength.

By reason of the hinging of the bracket at a point above the lower edgeor trend of the trackwheel and at one side of the vertical plane th reofthe door has tender: .y to assume a vertical position, in proximity tothe building or door-opening, but not to contact the same, inasmuch asthe door will hang suspended in a vertical plane passing through theintle on which it is pivoted, besides which the stop arrangementshereinboiore referred to will limit tire inward movement of the door.Moreover, the advantage is ob tained of providing a full door-openingwhen the door is raised and used as an awning.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim--v 1. A do'orrhangercomprising a frame havinga track's heel journale'd therein, and adcpending bracket hinged to said frame at the inner any of said wheel,whereby the door has a tendency to assume a vertical position inproximity to the building; substantially as described. 7 l V 2. I Adoor-hanger comprising a frame having a track wheel journaled therein,and a depending bracket hinged to said frame at "the innerside of thetrack-wheel and above the lower edge thereof, whereby the door has atendency to assume a vertical position in proximit to the building;substantially as described 3; A door-hanger comprising a frame having atrack-wheel journaled therein, a depending bracket hinged to said frame,and means arranged on the door-hanger for limiting the inward movementof said bracket relat vely to saidframe while permitting its free outWard movement independently of said frame; substantially as described.

4. A door-hanger comprising a frame haV-' ing a track-wheel j ournaledtherein, a dependin bracket hinged to said frame at the inner si e ofthe track-wheel, and means for limitingthe inward movement of saidbracket relatively. to said frame While permitting its free outward.movement independently of said frame; substantially as described.

5. A door-hanger comprising a framehaving a track-wheel journaledtherein,a depend- .in bracket hinged to said frame at the inner si e ofthe track-wheel and above the loweredge thereof, and means for limitingthe inward movement of-said bracket relatively to said frame whilepermittin its-free-outwardmovement independently o said frame ,sub-

stantiall as described.

- 6. A oer-hanger comprising, in combination with "a track-wheel, aframe in which such wheel is journaled and which extends thereover as ahood, a depending bracket hin ed t'o'said frameat the inner side of thetrac -wh eel, said frame having an extension below the Wheel, and meansfor r ecting1 i iting t e inward movement of the depending bracketrelatively to the wheel-frame while permitting its free outward movementindependently of said frame substantially .50 I tion with a track-Wheel,a frame in which as..described.

7. A door-hanger comprising in combinasuch wheel .is journaled and whichextends havin a trackwheel 3 journaled in it and 'provi ed'at one sideof the said wheel with i the bearin 7, the bracket 1 provided withasupwardly-extending side arms 4 e'mbrac:

.throug bracket-hinged to said of the track-Wheel substantially asdescribed.

bracket; substantially as ing the frame 2 and having the bearings 5 attheir u per ends, and the pintle 8 extending ii the bearings 5 and 7;substantially as described.

9. The combination of the frame 2 havin a track-Wheel ournaledtherein.and provide upon one side of the said Wheel with the bearin 7 and havingits 0 posite side depending below the axis of "sai wheel, the bracket 1having its upwardly-extendin side arms provided with the bearings -5,tie pintle 8 extending through the bearings 5 and 7 and the stop-bar 6carried by the bracket 1 and cod erating with the de ending extension oft e frame 2; substantially as described. I 10. A door-hanger comprisinga frame having a track-Wheel journaled therein, and a depending brackethinged to said frame at the inner side of the track-wheel, a portion ofsaid frame being arranged in the path'of movement of said bracket tolimit its independent inward movement and prevent the door fromcontacting the building; substantially as described;

1 1. A door-hanger com rising a frame having a track-wheel journa edtherein'and pro-' vided with a depending extension and a de- 1 pendingbracket hinged to said frame and pro vided with a cross-bar arranged tocontact said depending extension and to be limited thereby as to furtherinde endent movement; substantially as describe i 12. Adoor-hangercomprisinga frame having a track-wheel journaled therein andsubstantially inclosed by the frame and a dependin bracket hinged tosaid frame at the inner si e of the track-wheel and at a point inter--mediate the plane of the tread of the wheel and its axis; substantiallyas described;

13. Adoor-hangercomprisingaframe substantially inverted-U-shaped andhaving a track-wheel journaled therein and substantially inclosed thereband a depending ame at the inner side 14. A door-hanger. comprisinga'frame substantially inverted-U-shaped and having a track-wheeljournaled therein and substantially inclosed thereby, and a bracketdepending in the plane of the outermember of the U- shaped frame andhinged at its upper end to the other or inner member of said -U-shapedframe and at a point above the tread of the wheel; substantially asdescribed.

15. Adoor-hanger comprising a frame having a track-wheel journaledtherein, and a depending bracket hinged to said frame at theinner side of-said track-wheel, said bracket having a portion normallylying against said frame at the other side of'said track-wheel,

wherebv the movement in one direction of said bracket relative to saidframe is limited.

16. A'doorhanger comprising a trackwheel, a frame'therefor, a ownwardexten- @1021 from said frame atone side of the wheel,

tion is limited.

i saidextension being constructed to enga e the traek-rail to reventderailment of sald wheel, and a bracket having a hinged connectien withsaid frame at the other side of said wheel, a portion of said bracketbeing adapted to engage said downward extension, where by the movementof said bracket in one direc- 17. A'door-ha ereomprisin aframehavbracket hingedto said frame at one side of the central plane of saidwheel, said frame and bracket having engaging parts adapted to limittheir relatlve movement due to the offset hinging of said bracket.

WILLIAM P. BENSON.

Witnesses i B. F; WASHBURN, L. A. BITTQRF.

